Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when [a]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 (A)Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of (B)Your compassion (C)blot out my transgressions.
2 (D)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And (E)cleanse me from my sin.
3 For [b]I (F)know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.
4 (G)Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is (H)evil in Your sight,
So that (I)You [c]are justified [d]when You speak
And [e]blameless when You judge.
5 Behold, I was (J)brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire (K)truth in the [f]innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will (L)make me know wisdom.
7 [g]Purify me (M)with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
[h]Wash me, and I shall be (N)whiter than snow.
8 [i]Make me to hear (O)joy and gladness,
Let the (P)bones which You have broken rejoice.
9 (Q)Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.
20 Then Noah built (A)an altar to the Lord, and took of every (B)clean animal and of every clean bird and offered (C)burnt offerings on the altar. 21 The Lord (D)smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said [a]to Himself, “I will never again (E)curse the ground on account of man, for (F)the [b]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (G)and I will never again [c]destroy every living thing, as I have done.
22 “While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And (H)summer and winter,
And (I)day and night
Shall not cease.”
Covenant of the Rainbow
9 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “(J)Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the [d]sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. 3 Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, (K)as I gave the green plant. 4 Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, (L)its blood. 5 Surely I will require [e](M)your lifeblood; [f](N)from every beast I will require it. And [g]from every man, [h]from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
11 “(A)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd (B)lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a (C)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. 14 (D)I am the good shepherd, and (E)I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as (F)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and (G)I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 I have (H)other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become (I)one flock with (J)one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves Me, because I (K)lay down My life so that I may take it again. 18 (L)No one has taken it away from Me, but I (M)lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. (N)This commandment I received from My Father.”
19 (O)A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He (P)has a demon and (Q)is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one (R)demon-possessed. (S)A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?”
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